Improvement in multiple tool



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HENRY .l J. HARRIS, OF SHREVEPORT', LOUISIANA.

Letters Patent No. 107,255,

dated September 13,` 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN MULTIPLE TOOL.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent andmaking part of thesame 1b all whom fit may concern:

' Be it known that I, HENRY J. Hannts, oi Shreveport, Caddo parish,State of Louisiana, have invented a new and useful Improvement inMultiple Tool, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawing making partof this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of myimproved tool;

-Figure 2 is a view of the hammer applied as the head ofa'walking-stick, a portion of the hammer being shown in verticalsection; and Figure 3 is a bottom view ofthe wrench.

; The invention relates to that class ot" tools known as 4multipletools, in which two or more implements which are either analogous iutheir nature and operation, or which, although (littering widely intheir functions, are yet capable of being united and formed in onepiece, the form and operation of lthe separate parts being such thatthey can be combined without impairing their ciiectiveness, wherebycompactness and convenience of arrangement, with economy inconstruction, are obtained.

The invention consists in- First, a ynovel construction of a hammer, insuch a manner that it-will receive and retain a nail in a proper andconvenient position for sticking or starting said nail into the materialinto which it is to be driven, as will be hereinafter explained;

Second, in a peculiar construction of a skeleton socket-wrench, wherebyit is adapted to take oii the nuts from axle-trees, to retain them whilethe wagon orbuggy is being oiled, and to replace them without said nutscoming in contact with the operatous hands, and is also adapted to fitvarious other nuts belonging to a carriage, as well as to drive commonwood-screws;

Third, in the combination of a hammer withthc' above-mentionedsocket-wrench, in such manner that the hammer is made to serve as aTpicce, by which to operate the wrench l Fourth, in providing the eye inthe hammer wit-h a thread, by which to secure it to a handle or to thestem or shank of the wrench; and

Fifth, in providing the shank of the wrench with a socket, adapted toreceive the shanks of bits, saws, cliisels, or such other tools as canbe conveniently applied thereto.

In theY drawing- A represents a hammer, which maybe of any usual ordesired construction, although I prefer to make it in substantially theform shown in the drawing, as bcing artistic iu design.

The toes of the foot may be spreada little, as at (t, and thewedge-shaped space interveningbetween the first and second toes can beadvantageouslyused as a a claw for drawing nails and tacks.

The lower side of thc poll of thehammer is cut away,.forming a groove orchannel, shown plainly at A1,'1ig. 2, the outer end of said channelbeing cut deeper than the inner portion, thus forming a shoulder orstop, a, for a purpose which will hereinafter bc explained.

A2 is a tongue-spring, secured, by its inner or rear In the drawing Ihave shown Y cud, in the channel A1. this spring confined in a slit ornotch cut or cast in the poll ot' the hammer; The outer end of thisspring should not protrude beyond the face of the hammer.

B is a nail, heldin the posit-ion shown by spring A2, as will beexplained.

cured in place. y

The employment of this thread enables meto make the eye ot' the hammerblind, that is, closed at ,one end.

C C' is a socket-wrench, O being the body of the wrench and O the shankor stem.

rlhe w. lls of the wrench are parallel tocach other upon their outersurface, but arc thicker at the top than they are at the bottom, thismaking the cavity iuclosed by their tapering in form, so that it willlit dilerent sizes ot' nuts.

One or more of these walls are provided, upon their lower edges, with arecess, c, which is intended to fit and turn various nuts, as. may hedesired.

When preferred, the walls of the wrench may be expanded at the recess oropening c, as shown in fig. 3, for the purpose of strengthening them atthese points,

and also to operate such nuts as may countersink f lbelow the surface ofthe parts to which they are applied.

c' is a lip or bit formed upon the lower edge of wrench C, for drivingwood-screws. v

The shank C is provided with a socket, shown plainly at D, iig. 3, inwhich chis'eis, bits, angers, and similar tools may be secured, by meansof a set-screw, D', or equivalentvdevice. y

From the foregoing description it willvbe readily seen that, by placinga nail in the position shown 'n g. 2, wit-h its head resting againstshoulder al, it can be started into a wall by the employment of one handonly, after which the hammer can be withdrawn,1eav ing the nail stickingthere, when it may be driven further by repeated blows ofthe hammer, ifdesired.

By attaching the hammer to a walking-stick or cane, a nail may be drivenat almost any height in a room, andthe toe of the foot may be used tohang articles upon the nail, thus obviating .the use of a step-ladder,or of climbing upon chairs.

lhc eye or socket in the hammermay be extended, as at a3, fig. 1, andexpanded so as to receive a handle lheeye ofthe hammer is provided witha screwfi thread, a2, by means of' which the handle may be se-f'` 2 0fany required siz'c, which can he drawn into italnd 2. A multiple tool,consisting of the' sockeffwrench secured by means ofthe screw-thread a2.C C', having recesses c in its outer walls, and hammer H2L-ving nowdescribed my invention, lA, provided with the groove A1, stop al, andspring That I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let- A2, constructedund arranged as set forth.- ters Patent, is In testimony whereof I havehereunto set my hand l. A socket-wrench, confposed of the hotly C4 andthis 2d day of' August7 A. D. 1870..

shank C', provided with an internal socket, D, thuulh- HENRY J. HARRIS`screw D', and cross-piece A, which serves as a lever Witnesses: Y toOperate the Wrench, these parts being arranged EDM. F. BRGWN,

` substantially as set forth. ALEXANDER MAHON.

